Bell Point, Cape Liptrap Peninsula, 150 kilometers south-east of Melbourne: Emsian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Tropidodiscidae
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Tropidodiscus waratahensis n. sp.
Tassell 1978
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21 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Hormotomidae
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Murchisonia (Hormotomina) sp.
(Grabau and Shimer 1909)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Murchisoniidae
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Murchisonia (Murchisonia) bassensis
Tassell 1978
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32 specimens | |||||||||
| type locality | ||||||||||
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Murchisonia (Murchisonia) informal sp. A
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Murchisonia (Murchisonia) informal sp. B
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31 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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? Mourlonia sp.
de Koninck 1883
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Stenoloron | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Omphalotrochidae
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Bassotrochus angulatus n. gen., n. sp.
Tassell 1978
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95 specimens | |||||||||
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Orecopia murrayi n. sp.
Tassell 1978
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104 specimens | |||||||||
| type locality | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
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Gyronema bellense n. sp.
Tassell 1978
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| type locality; Kitikamispira | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Micromphalus clarkei
(de Koninck 1876)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Pseudomphalotrochus | ||||||||||
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Straparollus (Euomphalus) sp.
(Sowerby 1814)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| probably Amphelissa isisensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° South, 145.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° South, 132.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early Devonian |
| Stage: | Emsian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Emsian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 407.6 - 393.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bell Point Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Well-bedded muddy limestone within which minor amounts of lighter grey limestone and black shale occur. Shallow water deposit. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: National Museum of Victoria | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49108 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-09 00:39:08 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-09 00:39:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13134. | C. B. Tassell. 1978. Gastropods from the Early Devonian Bell Point Limestone, Cape Liptrap Penninsula, Victoria. Memoirs of the Natural History Museum, Victoria 39(1):19-32 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |